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The King's Bed: Sex, Power and the Court of Charles II by Don Jordan
RRP: £11.99£2.79To refer to the private life of Charles II is to abuse the adjective. His personal life was anything but private. His amorous liaisons were largely conducted in royal palaces surrounded by friends, courtiers and literally hundreds of servants and... -
Notelets of Filth: A Companion Reader to MLM's Emilia by Laura Kressly
RRP: £34.99£30.85This collection of short, accessible essays serves as a supplementary text to Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's play, Emilia. Critically acclaimed and beloved by audiences, this innovative and ground-breaking show is a speculative history, an imaginative... -
The University of Oxford: A Brief History by Laurence Brockliss
RRP: £12.99£9.63The University of Oxford is the third oldest university in Europe and remains one of the greatest universities in the world. How did such an ancient institution flourish through the ages? This book offers a succinct illustrated account of its... -
The Eighth Army in North Africa by Simon Forty 9781526723796
RRP: £14.99£10.95The British Eighth Army, which played a decisive role in defeating the Axis in North Africa, was one of the most celebrated Allied armies of the Second World War, and this photographic history is the ideal introduction to it. The carefully chosen... -
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
RRP: £12.99£8.32Includes a new foreword by the author The story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with... -
Workhouses of the Midlands: Images of England by Peter Higginbotham 9780752444888
RRP: £12.99£9.37The workhouse system officially ended in 1930, and the world in now a very different place. Many former workhouse buildings have vanished; the survivors, ironically, have often been converted into luxurious houses and flats, and their original purpose... -
Ecology and Enclosure: The Effect of Enclosure on Society, Farming and the Environment in South Cambridgeshire, 1798-1850 by Shirley Wittering 9781905119448
RRP: £35.00£29.22South Cambridgeshire has some of the richest arable land in England and has been cultivated for millennia. By the turn of the nineteenth century industrialisation and massive population growth had resulted in an enormous increase in the demand for ... -
Medieval Wales c.1050-1332: Centuries of Ambiguity by David Stephenson 9781786833860
RRP: £16.99£13.09After outlining conventional accounts of Wales in the High Middle Ages, this book moves to more radical approaches to its subject. Rather than discussing the emergence of the March of Wales from the usual perspective of the `intrusive' marcher lords, for... -
Paras: The Inside Story of Britain's Toughest Regiment. by John Parker
£3.39 - £12.61Formed at the personal insistence of Winston Churchill after the Nazi Blitzkrieg of Western Europe, the Parachute Regiment quickly acquired a formidable reputation as tough, fearless soldiers; it was the Germans themselves who christened then the 'Red... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-88 by John Wright
£3.74 - £4.99Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for EdexcelTarget success in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage... -
Gloucestershire Folk Tales by Anthony Nanson
RRP: £9.99£7.33Gloucestershire's stories go back to the days of Sabrina, spirit of the Severn, and the Nine Hags of Gloucester. Tales tell of sky-ships over Bristol, the silk-caped wraith of Dover's Hill, snow foresters on the Cotswolds, and Cirencester's dark-age... -
A History of Scotland's Landscapes by Fiona Watson
RRP: £30.00£21.58It is easy to overlook how much of our history is preserved all around us - the way the narrative of bygone days has been inscribed in fields, forests, hills and mountains, roads, railways, canals, lochs, buildings and settlements. Indeed, footprints of... -
Battle of the Odon by Georges Bernage 9781473857612
RRP: £25.00£19.22The Battle of the Odon evokes the clash between the British Army and the II SS-Panzer Korps, as they attacked across the Odon Valley during Operation "Epsom" in June 1944. Using contemporary photographs and documents, this book provides day-by-day... -
Beyond Empire by John T. Ducker
£43.74Beyond Empire looks at three decades of British colonial administration to assess the capacity of the independent governments of Africa to achieve independence. A wealth of archival material and a unique review of British press over those decades brings... -
The Welsh Gypsies: Children of Abram Wood by Eldra Jarman 9780708323984
RRP: £18.99£14.52The Gypsy family of Abram Wood first arrived in Wales in the eighteenth century, a tawny-skinned people speaking a language close to Hindi and Sanskrit. Welsh society found their customs strange and sometimes unacceptable. The family included such... -
Wild Ruins BC: The explorer's guide to Britain's ancient sites by Dave Hamilton 9781910636169
RRP: £16.99£12.68Wild Ruins B.C. reveals the extraordinary tale of Britain's human story before Christianity, from the first human footprints of 800,000 years ago, to ancient axe factories, rock art, stone circles, mountain burials, sunset hill forts, lost villages and... -
From Roman Civitas to Anglo-Saxon Shire: Topographical Studies on the Formation of Wessex by Bruce Eagles 9781785709845
RRP: £34.99£29.81This book is the culmination of the author's lifelong interest in the Roman to medieval transition in England and in the analysis of the historic landscape of Wessex. It begins with a focused, referenced, and critical exploration of the thorny, but... -
Burke and Hare by Owen Dudley-Edwards
RRP: £14.99£9.80In a boarding house in West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord rent. Instead of burying the body, the landlord, William Hare, and his friend, William Burke, fill the coffin with bark and sell the corpse to Dr. Robert... -
Anglo-Saxon England by Sir Frank M. Stenton 9780192801395
RRP: £21.49£15.28'outstanding ... one of the most valuable contributions ever made to our knowledge of the history of our own land' English Historical Review This book covers the emergence of the earliest English kingdoms to the establishment of the Anglo-Norman... -
Bolt Action: Armies of Great Britain by Warlord Games
RRP: £25.00£19.37With this latest supplement for Bolt Action, players can now build an army for Great Britain and the Commonwealth. From early campaigns in Europe to the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of the Far East, British forces faced the Axis threat. The... -
Convicts in the Colonies: Transportation Tales from Britain to Australia by Lucy Williams 9781526756312
RRP: £12.99£10.95In the eighty years between 1787 and 1868 more than 160,000 men, women and children convicted of everything from picking pockets to murder were sentenced to be transported beyond the seas'. These convicts were destined to serve out their sentences in... -
Voices of North and South Ockendon by Cecilia Pyke 9780752499185
RRP: £12.99£9.37This warm and nostalgic collection of memories reveals the fascinating history of North and South Ockendon before, during and after the Second World War. The 1930s saw great change in South Ockendon as London Land Company, London County Council and Essex... -
Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture by Ian Cobain 9781846273346
RRP: £9.99£6.70The official line is clear: the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutable: when faced with potential threats to our national security, the gloves always come off. Drawing on previously... -
Independence or Union: Scotland's Past and Scotland's Present by T. M. Devine
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Deserves to be read by everyone interested in the future of the United Kingdom' Andrew Marr, The Sunday TimesThere can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and uneasy than that between Scotland and England. From the... -
Victorian Fashion by Jayne Shrimpton
RRP: £9.99£8.11The sweeping crinolines, corsets, bustles, bonnets and parasols of Victorian Britain are indispensable to our period dramas, and their influences can still be seen within burlesque and steampunk fashions. This is no surprise, as nineteenth-century... -
Basilikon Doron: The King's Gift by Kevin a Straight 9781944327057
RRP: £11.99£9.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944327057Author Kevin a StraightFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Creative Minority ProductionsPublisher Creative Minority ProductionsWeight(grams)... -
A Grim Almanac of South Yorkshire by Kevin Turton 9780752456782
RRP: £17.99£13.33A Grim Almanac of South Yorkshire is a collection of stories from the county's past, some bizarre, some fascinating, some macabre, but all equally absorbing. Revealed here are the dark corners of the county, where witches, body snatchers, highwaymen and... -
Normanton by Bryan Fraser 9780752415031
RRP: £12.99£9.37This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752415031Author Bryan... -
A Brief History of Medieval Warfare by Peter Reid
£3.08 - £4.11For over 150 years, from 1314 to 1485, England fought an almost continuous war with its neighbours: the Campaign of the North when the armies of Robert the Bruce were vanquished, the long, one-hundred-and-sixteen-year conflict with France, finally... -
WJEC Eduqas GCSE History: The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603 by R. Paul Evans
£24.12Exam Board: EduqasLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed by EduqasBring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading... -
Insurrection: Scotland's Famine Winter by James Hunter 9781780276229
£23.58'A gripping, heart-breaking account of the famine winter of 1847' - Rosemary Goring, The Herald Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides... -
Orkney's Italian Chapel: The True Story of an Icon by Philip Paris
RRP: £14.99£10.95Orkney's Italian Chapel was built by Italian POWs held on the island during the Second World War. In the sixty-five years since it was built it has become an enduring symbol of peace and hope around the world. The story of who built the chapel and how it... -
Tudor Church Militant: Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation by Diarmaid MacCulloch
£5.83 - £7.77Edward VI died a teenager in 1553, yet his brief reign would shape the future of the nation, unleashing a Protestant revolution that propelled England into the heart of the Reformation. This dramatic account takes a fresh look at one of the most... -
The The Slow Downfall of Margaret Thatcher: The Diaries of Bernard Ingham by Bernard Ingham 9781785904783
RRP: £20.00£12.35Branded `the rough-spoken Yorkshire Rasputin', Bernard Ingham served as Margaret Thatcher's press secretary for virtually all of her eleven-year premiership, adroitly steering the government's relationship with the media - and the Prime Minister's... -
The British and the Commonwealth War in the Air 1939-45, Volume 1: Through Adversity by Ben Kite 9781912866236
RRP: £45.00£33.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912866236Author Ben KiteFormat HardbackPage Count 508Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Britain's War Against the Slave Trade: The Operations of the Royal Navy s West Africa Squadron, 1807 1867 by Anthony Sullivan 9781399000017
RRP: £14.99£14.29Long before recorded history, men, women and children had been seized by conquering tribes and nations to be employed or traded as slaves. Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Arabs were among the earliest of many peoples involved in the slave trade, and across... -
Workshop of the World: Essays in People's History by Raphael Samuel 9781804292808
RRP: £25.00£20.89'ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING, ORIGINAL INTELLECTUALS OF HIS GENERATION', Stuart Hall, author of The Hard Road to RenewalThe work of the pioneering historian Raphael Samuel opened up new vistas of historical enquiry. He was committed to the idea of... -
The Last Rising: The Newport Chartist Insurrection of 1839 by David J. V. Jones 9781783160099
RRP: £12.99£9.70The Chartist movement is a core area of study in many history syllabuses. This new edition of a book first published in 1999, details the last of the Chartist insurrections in 1839. It looks at the full story of the rising, its origins and its aftermath,... -
The London Nobody Knows by Geoffrey Fletcher
RRP: £12.99£9.37Geoffrey Fletcher's London was not the big landmarks, but rather 'the tawdry, extravagant and eccentric'. He wrote about parts of the city no-one ever had before. This could be an art nouveau pub, a Victorian music hall, a Hawksmoor church or even a... -
Kings and Queens (Collins Gem) by Neil Grant
£2.91 - £4.80A copiously illustrated guide to the monarchs of the British Isles and Ireland from pre-Saxon times to the present, complete with concise genealogical charts and details of key historical events. The book is divided into five sections,...